The IMF/EU deal was predicated on the finance act being ratified in the Dail, Is that not corrrect? Labour and FG had the opportunity to put a motion of no confidence in the government thereby collapsing the government. This would also have stopped the so-called bailout in its tracks.
The election would have had to have been called and the new incoming government would have had the option to renegotiate the deal. However, and this is the point, they choose to support the government and the deal. They choose to allow the finance act to go through the dail because that would allow them to bleat, that it was all FF's fault and that they, FG and Labour had no choice but to go along for the ride. The opposite to the truth.
It is lies to say they had no choice. By failing to bring down the government and letting the finance act go through, they effectively signed the agreement.
Robert Browne
Posted on 6 May 2011 5:39 pm
The IMF/EU deal was predicated on the finance act being ratified in the Dail, Is that not corrrect? Labour and FG had the opportunity to put a motion of no confidence in the government thereby collapsing the government. This would also have stopped the so-called bailout in its tracks.
The election would have had to have been called and the new incoming government would have had the option to renegotiate the deal. However, and this is the point, they choose to support the government and the deal. They choose to allow the finance act to go through the dail because that would allow them to bleat, that it was all FF's fault and that they, FG and Labour had no choice but to go along for the ride. The opposite to the truth.
It is lies to say they had no choice. By failing to bring down the government and letting the finance act go through, they effectively signed the agreement.